Associate Director, Commercial Data Management

About This Role

The Associate Director, Data Management within US Decision Sciences / Data & Analytics provides strategic and executional leadership across commercial data domains, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, analytics-ready data to support insights, reporting, and field execution at scale.

The Associate Director owns complex, cross-domain data initiatives, sets standards and best practices for data management, and serves as a primary thought partner to Analytics, Reporting, Field Operations, IT, and senior stakeholders. The role goes beyond execution to shape the data management roadmap for 1-2 brands, proactively address systemic data challenges, and drive continuous improvement across platforms, vendors, and processes.

• Own strategy and execution for multiple commercial data domains, ensuring reliable, analytics-ready data delivery.
• Lead complex, cross-functional data initiatives that span analytics, reporting, field execution, and technology teams.
• Set data management standards, controls, and best practices to improve consistency, quality, and reuse.
• Oversee end-to-end data pipelines across sources, platforms, and vendors, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
• Translate ambiguous business and analytics needs into clear data solutions and execution plans.
• Partner closely with Analytics and Reporting leaders to shape data approaches aligned to evolving business priorities.
• Act as a senior escalation point for data quality, availability, and vendor-related issues; drive root-cause resolution.
• Guide IT and platform teams on data design decisions, tradeoffs, and sequencing.
• Evaluate vendor performance and influence roadmap decisions related to data onboarding, refresh cadence, and enhancements.
• Ensure robust documentation of data definitions, lineage, assumptions, and limitations across domains.
• Identify systemic data gaps and proactively propose pragmatic, forward-looking solutions.
• Mentor and provide informal leadership to managers and senior managers within Data Management.

A seasoned data leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution discipline. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making informed tradeoffs under constraints. A trusted partner to senior analytics, business, and IT stakeholders. A proactive problem solver who anticipates issues before they impact the business. Influential without authority, able to align diverse teams around shared outcomes.

• Bachelors degree required (Data Sciences, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field). Masters degree preferred (MS, MBA, or equivalent).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in data management, analytics enablement, or related roles within biotech/pharma, healthcare, or consulting.
• Experience in people leadership (supervising direct reports).
• Deep experience with commercial data ecosystems (e.g., CRM, claims, Rx, specialty pharmacy, market and field data).
• Proven ownership of large-scale, multi-source data pipelines and analytics-ready data assets.
• Strong command of data quality frameworks, reconciliation methodologies, and governance practices.
• Experience defining data standards, operating models, and repeatable processes.
• Advanced working knowledge of SQL-based transformations and modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks, cloud data warehouses).
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with IT, analytics, reporting, and external vendors at a senior level.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently and take initiative.

Job Level: Management

• The base compensation range for this role is: $-$
• Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
• Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
• In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees' and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation

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